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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

A compound contains 50% of x of atomic mass 10u and 50% of y of atomic mass 20u.What is the compound?

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10 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Himanshu
10 Years ago
Let the weight of compound = 100 gm
Thus, no. of moles of X = 50/10         and              no. of moles of Y = 50/20
                                   = 5                                                             = 2.5
Simplest ratio = 2 : 1
Therefore compound is X2Y.